Can intervention work? by Rory Stewart(
Book
)15
editions published
between
2011
and
2012
in
English
and held by
697 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A member of the British Parliament and the founding chairman of the European Stability Initiative dissect the military efforts
in Iraq and Afghanistan and discuss the policies that have informed interventionism and how they can realize positive change

The places in between by Rory Stewart(
Book
)37
editions published
between
2004
and
2014
in
10
languages
and held by
197 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Beretning om forfatterens rejse til fods gennem Afghanistan i janua 2002

Occupational hazards : my time governing in Iraq by Rory Stewart(
)2
editions published
in
2007
in
English
and held by
87 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"At the age of thirty, Rory Stewart was appointed coalition deputy Governor of two provinces in the Marsh region of southern
Iraq. He kept a journal of his experiences struggling to control assassinations and tribal conflict, rebuild the region's
infrastructure and establish a new Iraqi government before the hand over of power in June 2004. His time in the Marsh region
culminated in a terrifying siege during which he and his team were under sustained attack by insurgents. Haunted by his previous
work and travels in Asia, Rory brings a unique sensitivity and perspective to the daily interactions between Iraqis and the
coalition and to the perils and even comedy of foreign occupation"--Audio cassette container

Border country : the story of Britain's lost middleland(
Visual
)1
edition published
in
2014
in
English
and held by
71 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
In this beautifully filmed series, historian Rory Stewart studies the extraordinary landscape, oral history and archaeology
of the Anglo-Scottish border, finding parallels with frontiers from Turkey to Nepal. Two thousand years ago, the Romans dominated
the world. They divided their northernmost territory with an arbitrary marker; Hadrian's Wall split the communities of Britain
in two. Border Lands explores the Anglo-Scottish borderlands' tumultuous history, learning how this boundary defined the region.
Having served as a diplomat in fiercely contested borderlands from Indonesia and the Balkans to Iraq and Afghanistan, Rory
has witnessed the effect of artificial frontiers, and the destructive potential of new nationalisms. Drawing on this experience,
Rory reveals how borders are forged -- both in the land and in our imagination

Can intervention work? by Rory Stewart(
Recording
)7
editions published
in
2011
in
English
and held by
71 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Rory Stewart and Gerald Knaus distill their remarkable firsthand experiences of political and military interventions into
a potent examination of what we can and cannot achieve in a new era of 'nation building.' As they delve into the massive,
military-driven efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans, the expansion of the EU, and the bloodless 'color' revolutions
in the former Soviet states, they reveal consequences for international relations, human rights, understanding of state building

Occupational hazards : my time governing Iraq by Rory Stewart(
Book
)12
editions published
between
2006
and
2009
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
66 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Iraq. September 2003; it's six months after the US-led invasion, and the country is in anarchy - the infrastructure has collapsed,
terrorist attacks have begun and the coalition has decided to rule directly via the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA).
Rory Stewart, a young British diplomat, is appointed as the coalition deputy governor (CPA deputy governorate coordinator)
of a province of 850,000 people in the southern marshland. There, in the cities of Amara and then Nasiriyah, he and his colleagues
confront gangsters, Iranian-linked politicians, tribal vendettas and a full Islamist insurgency, in which Stewart is besieged
in his compound under continual fire, struggling to keep his staff alive. They negotiate hostage releases, appoint Iraqi governors
and police chiefs, patch up the shattered infrastructure and, in June 2004, hand over sovereignty to the Iraqi government.
Stewart's almost colonial role may never exist again. His insider's account reveals a side of Iraq hidden from most foreign
journalists and soldiers and raises questions about the whole project of 'state-building' in the twenty-first century

The songlines by Bruce Chatwin(
Book
)1
edition published
in
2012
in
English
and held by
36 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A story of ideas in which two companions, traveling and talking together, explore the hopes and dreams that animate both them
and the people they encounter in Central Australia's almost uninhabitable regions

We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families : stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch(
Book
)2
editions published
in
2015
in
English
and held by
25 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"In 1994, the Rwandan government orchestrated a campaign of extermination, in which everyone in the Hutu majority was called
upon to murder everyone in the Tutsi minority. Close to a million people were slaughtered in a hundred days, and the rest
of the world did nothing to stop it. A year later, Philip Gourevitch went to Rwanda to investigate the most unambiguous genocide
since Hitler's war against the Jews. Hailed by the Guardian as one of the hundred greatest nonfiction books of all time, We
Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families is a first-hand account one of the defining outrages
of modern history, an unforgettable anatomy of Rwanda's decimation. As riveting as it is moving, it is a profound reckoning
with humanity's betrayal and its perseverance."--Publisher description

Heirs to forgotten kingdoms : journeys into the disappearing religions of the Middle East by Gerard Russell(
Book
)2
editions published
between
2014
and
2016
in
English and Italian
and held by
16 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive and strange faiths:
one regards the Greek prophets as incarnations of God, another reveres Lucifer in the form of a peacock, and yet another believes
that their followers are reincarnated beings who have existed in various forms for thousands of years. These religions represent
the last vestiges of the magnificent civilizations in ancient history: Persia, Babylon, Egypt in the time of the Pharaohs.
Their followers have learned how to survive foreign attacks and the perils of assimilation. But today, with the Middle East
in turmoil, they face greater challenges than ever before

My time governing in Iraq by Rory Stewart(
Book
)1
edition published
in
2007
in
English
and held by
15 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
After US-led invasion of Iraq, the anarchy had begun. Rory Stewart, a young Biritish diplomat, was appointed as Coalition
Provisional Authority's deputy governor of a province in southern marshland region. There, he and his colleagues confronted
gangsters. This work provides an account of the attempt to re-build a nation

Book 2 by Rory Stewart(
Book
)1
edition published
in
2006
in
English
and held by
8 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Rory Stewart served as Senior British Representative in Maysan in Southern Iraq until the handover of power in June 2004.
He kept a journal of his experiences while under fire and trying to negotiate a settlement between rival factions. His narrative
describes what it was like to try and piece together a country after invasion

The Marches : a borderland journey between England and Scotland by Rory Stewart(
)2
editions published
between
2015
and
2017
in
English
and held by
7 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Ten years after the walk across Central Asia and Afghanistan that he memorialized in his bestselling The Places in Between,
Rory Stewart set out on a new journey, traversing a thousand miles between England and Scotland. Stewart was raised along
the border of the two countries, the frontier taking on poignant significance in his understanding of what it means to be
both Scottish and English, of his relationship with his father, who's lived on this land his whole life, and of his ties to
the rich history and culture of the region. Now representing this borderland as a Member of Parliament, Stewart's march begins
as his father turns ninety, Scotland is about to vote on independence, and Britain may disappear forever. At times alone and
at times joined by his father, Stewart melds the story of his journey with an intimate portrait of the changing social and
political landscape of the region. Stewart has written for the New York Times Magazine, Granta, and the London Review of Books

Border country : the story of Britain's lost middleland(
Visual
)1
edition published
in
2014
in
English
and held by
5 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
In this beautifully filmed series, historian Rory Stewart studies the extraordinary landscape, oral history and archaeology
of the Anglo-Scottish border, finding parallels with frontiers from Turkey to Nepal. Two thousand years ago, the Romans dominated
the world. They divided their northernmost territory with an arbitrary marker; Hadrian's Wall split the communities of Britain
in two. Border lands explores the Anglo-Scottish borderlands' tumultuous history, learning how this boundary defined the region.
Having served as a diplomat in fiercely contested borderlands from Indonesia and the Balkans to Iraq and Afghanistan, Rory
has witnessed the effect of artificial frontiers, and the destructive potential of new nationalisms. Drawing on this experience,
Rory reveals how borders are forged - both in the land and in our imagination

Towards the next Defence and Security Review: Part Two-NATO: Government response to the Committee's third report of session
2014-15 : ninth special report of session 2014-15 by Great Britain(
Book
)1
edition published
in
2014
in
English
and held by
3 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
For more than a decade NATO has seen terrorism and 'failed states' as the central security threat. That threat remains. But
the Russian annexation of Crimea and the continuing violence in Ukraine have been a stark reminder of NATO's responsibilities
in Europe. They pose fundamental questions about NATO's ability to respond to Russian aggression against its neighbours, and
NATO's ability to uphold its obligations to defend NATO member states. Whatever the probability of a further Russian threat
to NATO countries, there is no doubt that Eastern European nations feel that the threat is very real. Whatever the likelihood
of a Russian attack on the territory of NATO countries, NATO is obliged to have a detailed contingency plan for such a scenario.
The territorial defence of NATO members in Europe was the founding rationale for NATO. Our conclusion is that NATO is currently
not well-prepared for a Russian threat against a NATO Member State. A Russian unconventional attack, using asymmetric tactics
(the latest term for this is 'ambiguous warfare'), designed to slip below NATO's response threshold, would be particularly
difficult to counter. And the challenges, which NATO faces in deterring, or mounting an adequate response to, such an attack
poses a fundamental risk to NATO's credibility. This Report focuses narrowly on NATO, Article 4 and 5 obligations, Ukraine,
and the Baltic States, rather than the more general debate about Russia and global security threats. The report begins with
an analysis of Russia: its conventional forces, its new approach to asymmetric warfare, and its apparent intentions. It then
considers NATO's preparedness to respond, first to the less likely scenario of a conventional Russian attack, then to the
scenario of an asymmetric attack. It concludes that NATO is poorly prepared for either scenario, and suggests urgent steps
that would need to be taken to meet these challenges

Arabian sands by Wilfred Thesiger(
Book
)2
editions published
in
2007
in
English
and held by
3 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Born in Addis Ababa in 1910 and educated in England, from 1945 Wilfred Thesiger spent five years exploring in and around the
vast, waterless desert, the 'Empty Quarter' of Arabia. Travelling amongst the Bedu people, he experienced their everyday challenges
of hunger and thirst, the trials of long marches beneath the relentless sun, the bitterly cold nights and the constant danger
of death if it was discovered he was a Christian 'infidel'. He was the first European to visit most of the region, and just
before he left the area the process that would change it forever had begun - the discovery of oil. Thesiger saw Arabian Sands
as 'a memorial to a vanished past, atribute to a once magnificent people'. This edition includes an introduction by Rory Stewart
discussing the dangers of Thesiger's travels, his unconventional personality and his insights into Bedu life